Papers on Geography
Australia
Words: 2035 - Pages: 8.... by Parliament with federal jurisdiction. The High Court consists
of seven justices, appointed by the Governor-General in Council. Each of
the state has its own judicial system.
The Constitution
This document was drawn up in constitutional conventions in the
1890s and ratified at referenda in all six colonies. It reserves for the
Federal Government the power over defense, foreign affairs, trade and
commerce, taxation, customs and excise duties, pensions, immigration and
postal services. Other powers are left with the States, but federal law
prevails if there is a conflict over concurrent powers. The Federal
Gover .....
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South Korea
Words: 1272 - Pages: 5.... anthracite), iron ore, and
graphite. Other minerals include gold, silver, copper, lead, tungsten, zinc, and
uranium. Reserves of natural gas have been discovered offshore. These minute
resources are not as depended upon by the people of South Korea as in the North.
The north is heavy in mining these resources because they have a large surplus
of them, and the north is not; they have moved on and found other economical
niches.
The population of South Korea (1995 estimate) is about 45,182,000 people.
The country's estimated population density of 1188 per sq mi is one of the
highest in the world. The majority of the population liv .....
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Panama: Plenty Of Fish
Words: 998 - Pages: 4.... over the beds. Farmers live in one story houses with thatched roofs, walls of bamboo or dried sugarcane, dirt floors, and bamboo ceilings in the rural lands. The people are poor, own little furniture, sleep on wooden cots, and sometimes use boxes or tree stumps as tables or chairs. In urban areas, they live in wood or concrete houses with roofs of clay tiles or corrugated iron. They wear loose clothing for the tropical weather. They also have the Tocumen Airport, Panama Railroad, and Cristobal Port, along with three universities.
COLONIZED
Panama's first people were mostly the Indian groups of Guaymi, Cuna, and Choco. However, .....
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Kuwait
Words: 914 - Pages: 4.... this small helpful and peacful nation.
Kuwait's population exeeds 1.9 million people and covers a total land area
of more then 6 800 square miles. It's goverment is a constitutional
monarchy led by the Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al-Sabah and his crown
prince Sheikh Sa'ad Al-Abdullah al-Salim Al- Sabah.
Kuwait's major cities are Kuwait city, with a population of 46 00
located at 29.20N,48.00E, Salmiyah, with a population of 154 000 located at
29.20N, 48.00E and Hawali, with a population of 152 000 located at 29.20N,
48.00E. Life expectancy of the average Kuwaiti male is 69 years while the
life expectancy for the female scored 74 years .....
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Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
Words: 1215 - Pages: 5.... a start on things. The
first sight was the Rower Statue(the first of many statues to come), where
I learned a little bit about Grace Kelly and Her Dad. So has it that ‘
there was an amusing remark making the rounds in 1956 when Grace Kelly
married Prince Rainier of Monaco that her father's domain (John B. Kelly,
Sr., was president of the Fairmount Park Commission) was larger than her
husband's. Indeed, the Principality of Monaco covers only .6 square miles,
but the 4,077.59 acres of Fairmount Park extend over 6 square miles.’ The
road we would be taking was, thusly, called Kelly Drive.
The tour then begun at the Philadelphia Art M .....
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The Brief History Of Alaska
Words: 506 - Pages: 2.... site, which later became Sitka. New Archangel soon became the largest town in Russian-America.
The Russian-American Company prospered when Baranof was the leader, but after he was replaced in 1817, it declined. The people who took over were naval officers who hardly had any interest in the business, plus competition from the Americans, Canadians, and the British also made it hard to earn a profit. In addition, animals with fur were becoming more and more scarce, due to over-hunting. In 1824 and 1825, two separate treaties were signed by Russia, one dealing with Britain and the another dealing with America. In these treaties Russ .....
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Rome, Italy
Words: 459 - Pages: 2.... trade and bring in new
ideas and concepts to further develop the city. Judging from the fact that
that the Tiber River runs directly through the city, it can only be assumed
that the first inhabitants realized that the land was easily accessible,
that the land next to the river was rich farmland, and that transportation
would be effortless.
The city continued to grow steadily by attracting new settlers and
the promise of a better future. As the Roman Empire expanded, Rome emerged
as an Administrative Center as it came to be acknowledged as the capital of
the great Roman Empire. The city also began to acquire new settlers for
religious purp .....
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Ukraine: Facts
Words: 1095 - Pages: 4.... border extends for a total of 7698 km: with Russia - 2484 km;
Belarus - 952 km; Rumania - 608 km; Poland - 542 km; Slovakia - 98 km; Hungary -
135 km; Moldova - 1194 km. The total length of Ukraine's sea coast is 1758 km
(Black Sea - 1533 km; Sea of Azov - 225 km).
The climate of Ukraine is moderate-continental; in the southernmost region of
the Crimea the climate is sub-tropical. The largest river of Ukraine is the
Dnipro, which is 2201 km in length, of which 981 km flow through Ukraine. The
largest mountain system in Ukraine is the Carpathian Mountains that extend for
more than 270 km and are 100-110 km wide. The highest peak is the H .....
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Canadian Identity Test.
Words: 629 - Pages: 3.... lower than in the U.s., and also unlike them we have free health care and
a lower pollution rate.
3: Canada to me is the best place to live in because we have beautiful
landmarks, we have free health care that helps my family alot because of my
asthma, we also have a government and a large amount of people that are nice to
other countries and are less hated. One main thing known about Canada is that
we are a center for sports, we also have less racism than the U.s., because if a
black child walked into a school in the U.s. 30 years ago he would be made fun
of called names and even failed by the teachers because of his skin color. But
ba .....
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China's Population Problem
Words: 1176 - Pages: 5.... and thirty-six people per square
kilometer, whereas the density in the west half averages around ten point six
people persquare kilometer (Hsu 1). Current enforcement of Chinese laws
prevents migration between provinces without proper authorization, as the
citizens in the west half of China have a desire to live in a more urban life
where jobs can be found easier, and the citizens in the more populous eastern
half have a stronger desire to live in the more rural western China (Hsu 4).
The Chinese have always had a large population (Hsu 1). Even in ancient times
where the population would never fall below sixty million (Hsu 1). Later, in .....
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